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+The Samba 2.2 PDC FAQ
+
+David Bannon
+
+   La Trobe University
+     _________________________________________________________________
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+   Comments, corrections and additions to <D.Bannon@latrobe.edu.au>
+   
+   This is the FAQ for Samba 2.2 as an NTDomain controller. This document
+   is derived from the origional FAQ that was built and maintained by
+   Gerald Carter from the early days of Samba NTDomain development up
+   until recently. It is now being updated as significent changes are
+   made to 2.2.0.
+   
+   Please note it does not apply to Samba2.2alpha0, Samba2.2alpha1, Samba
+   2.0.7, TNG nor HEAD branch.
+   
+   I'll repeat, it does not apply to the current snapshot [ftp
+   mirror]:/pub/samba/alpha/samba-2.2.0-alpha1.tar.gz, only to the to the
+   current cvs.
+   
+   Also available is a Samba 2.2 PDC HowTo that takes you, step by step,
+   over the process of setting up a very basic Samba 2.2 Primary Domain
+   Controller
+   
+     Note: Please read the Introduction for the current state of play.
+     
+   Table of Contents
+   1. Introduction
+          
+        State of Play
+        Introduction
+                
+   2. General Information
+          
+        What can we do ?
+                
+              What can Samba Primary Domain Controller (PDC) do ?
+              Can I have a Windows 2000 client logon to a Samba
+                      controlled domain?
+                      
+              What's the status of print spool (spoolss) support in the
+                      NTDOM code?
+                      
+        CVS
+                
+              What are the different Samba branches available in CVS ?
+              What are the CVS commands ?
+                      
+   3. Establishing Connections
+          
+              How do I get my NT4 or W2000 Workstation to login to the
+                      Samba controlled Domain?
+                      
+              What is a 'machine account' ?
+              "The machine account for this computer either does not
+                      exist or is not accessable."
+                      
+              How do I create machine accounts manually ?
+              I cannot include a '$' in a machine name.
+              I get told "You already have a connection to the
+                      Domain...." when creating a machine account.
+                      
+              I get told "Cannot join domain, the credentials supplied
+                      conflict with an existing set.."
+                      
+              "The system can not log you on (C000019B)...."
+                      
+   4. User Account Management
+          
+        Domain Admins
+                
+              How do I configure an account as a domain administrator?
+                      
+        Profiles
+                
+              Why is it bad to set "logon path = \\%N\%U\profile" in
+                      smb.conf? ?
+                      
+              Why are all the users listed in the "domain admin users"
+                      using the same profile?
+                      
+              The roaming profiles do not seem to be updating on the
+                      server.
+                      
+        Policies
+                
+              What are 'Policies' ?.
+              I can't get system policies to work.
+              What about Windows NT Policy Editor ?
+              Can Win95 do Policies ?
+                      
+        Passwords
+                
+              What is password sync and should I use it ?
+              How do I get remote password (unix and SMB) changing
+                      working ?
+                      
+   5. Miscellaneous
+          
+              What editor can I use in DOS/Windows that won't mess with
+                      my unix EOF
+                      
+              How do I get 'User Manager' and 'Server Manager'
+              The time setting from a Samba server does not work.
+              "trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS"
+              How do I get my samba server to become a member ( not PDC )
+                      of an NT domain?
+                      
+   6. Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting
+          
+        Diagnostic tools
+                
+              What are some diagnostics tools I can use to debug the
+                      domain logon process and where can I find them?
+                      
+              How do I install 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or
+                      a Windows 9x box?
+                      
+        What other help can I get ?
+                
+              URLs and similar
+              How do I get help from the mailing lists ?
+              How do I get off the mailing lists ?
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 1. Introduction
+
+State of Play
+
+   It should be noted that 2.2.0 in its pre-release form still has a few
+   problems, I'll try and keep this section current while things are
+   still dynamic. At the time of this update (November 13, 2000) the
+   current state of play is :
+   
+   Comments here about W2K joining the domain apply only to Samba 2.2
+   from the CVS after November 27th. The 'snapshot' release
+   Samba2.2alpha1 does not work !!! See below on how to get a CVS tree.
+   
+   Client Side creation of Machine accounts does work but is not
+   complete. Firstly, the add user script runs as the user who's name was
+   entered, not as root. Secondly, the machine name passed to the script
+   (%U) has an underscore at the end, not a '$'. One alternative is to
+   use %m and add the $. This method is documented in the HowTo. And
+   thirdly, it does not work with NT4ws.
+   
+   A W2K machine can join the domain. See the HowTo which explains the
+   process. The methods described are 'work arounds' and should be
+   regarded as temporary. Although I (drb) have tested these procedures a
+   number of people have had difficulty so there may be other issues at
+   work. JFM is aware of these problems and will attend to them when he
+   can.
+   
+   A Domain Admin account is required and at present it appears that only
+   root is a suitable candidate.
+   
+   Much of the related code does work. For example, if an NT is removed
+   from the domain and then rejoins, the Create a Computer Account in the
+   Domain dialog will let you reset the smbpasswd. That is you don't need
+   to do it from the unix box. However, at the present, you do need to
+   have root as an administrator and use the root user name and password.
+   
+   Actually I'm not sure that last paragraph is correct ....
+   
+   Policies do work on a W2K machine. MS says that recent builds of W2K
+   dont observe an NT policy but it appears it does in 'legacy' mode.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Introduction
+
+   This FAQ was origionally compiled by Jerry Carter (gc) chiefly dealing
+   with the 'old head' version of Samba and its NTDomain facilities. It
+   is being rewritten by David Bannon (drb) so that it addresses more
+   accurately the Samba 2.2 planned for release late 2000.
+   
+   This document probably still contains some material that does not
+   apply to Samba 2.2 but most (all?) of the really misleading stuff has
+   been removed. Some issues are not dealt with or are dealt with badly.
+   Please send corrections and additions to David Bannon at
+   D.Bannon@latrobe.edu.au
+   
+   Hopefully, as we all become familiar with the Samba 2.2 as a PDC this
+   document will become much more usefull.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 2. General Information
+
+What can we do ?
+
+What can Samba Primary Domain Controller (PDC) do ?
+
+   If you wish to have Samba act as a PDC for Windows NT 3.51.and 4.0 or
+   W2000 client, then you will need to obtain the 2.2.0 version,
+   currently in pre-release. Release of a stable, full featured Samba PDC
+   is currently slated for version 3.0.
+   
+   The following is a list of included features currently in Samba 2.2:
+   
+     * The ability to act as a limited PDC for Windows NT and W2000
+       clients. This includes adding NT and W2K machines to the domain
+       and authenticating users logging into the domain.
+     * Domain account can be viewed using the User Manager for Domains
+       ????
+     * Viewing resources on the Samba PDC via the Server Manager for
+       Domains from the NT client. ??
+     * Windows 95 clients will allow user level security to be set but
+       will not currently allow browsing of accounts.
+     * Machine account password updates.
+     * Changing of user passwords from an NT client.
+     * Partial support for Windows NT group and username mapping.
+     * Support for a LDAP password database backend.
+     * Printing.
+       
+   These things are note expected to work in the forseeable future
+     * Trust relationships
+     * PDC and BDC integration
+     * Windows NT ACLs (on the Samba shares)
+     * Offer a list of domain users to User Manager for Domains (or the
+       Security Tab etc).
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Can I have a Windows 2000 client logon to a Samba controlled domain?
+
+   The 2.2 release branch of Samba supports Windows 2000 domain clients
+   in legacy mode, ie as if the PDC is a NTServer, not a W2K server.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+What's the status of print spool (spoolss) support in the NTDOM code?
+
+   The implementation of support for SPOOLSS pipe is complete and it will
+   be available in the 2.2.0 release. This means that Samba will support
+   the automatic downloading of printer drivers for Windows NT clients
+   just as it currently does for Windows 9x clients.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+CVS
+
+   CVS is a programme (publically available) that the Samba developers
+   use to maintain the central source code. Non developers can get access
+   to the source in a read only capacity. Many flavours of unix now
+   arrive with cvs installed.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+What are the different Samba branches available in CVS ?
+
+   You can find out more about obtaining Samba's via anonymous CVS from
+   http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html".
+   
+   There are basically four branches to watch at the moment :
+   
+   HEAD
+          Samba 3.0 ? This code boasts all the main development work in
+          Samba. Two things that most people are not aware of which live
+          in the HEAD branch code are winbind NSS module and Tim Potter's
+          VFS implementation. Due to its developmental nature, its not
+          really suitable for production work.
+          
+   SAMBA_2_0
+          This branch contains the current stable release release. At the
+          moment it contains 2.0.7, a version that will do some limited
+          PDC stuff. If you are really going to do PDC things then I
+          (drb) suggest that you consider 2.2 instead.
+          
+   SAMBA_2_2
+          The next stable release, currently in a 'alpha' form. It
+          provides the Samba developers, testers and interested people
+          with an approximation of what is to come. This document
+          addresses only SAMBA_2_2.
+          
+   SAMBA_TNG
+          This branch is no longer maintained from the Samba sites.
+          Please see http://www.samba-tng.org/. It has been requested
+          that questions about TNG are not posted to the regular Samba
+          mailing lists including samba-ntdom and samba-technical.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+What are the CVS commands ?
+
+   See http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html
+   
+   To get the Samba 2.2 version, tag SAMBA_2_2 you would do :
+     * For example : cd /usr/local/src/
+     * cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot login
+     * When prompted enter a password of cvs
+     * cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot co -r SAMBA_2_2
+       samba
+       
+   Then to update that directory at some later time,
+     * cd /usr/local/src/samba
+     * cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot login
+     * When prompted enter a password of 'cvs'.
+     * cvs update -d -P
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 3. Establishing Connections
+
+How do I get my NT4 or W2000 Workstation to login to the Samba controlled
+Domain?
+
+   There is a comprehensive Samba PDC HowTo accessable from the samba web
+   site under 'Documentation'. Its currently located at
+   http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba. Read it.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+What is a 'machine account' ?
+
+   Every NT, W2K or Samba machine that joins a Samba controlled domain
+   must be known to the Samba PDC. There are two entries required, one in
+   (typically) /etc/passwd and the other in (typically)
+   /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd. Under some circumstances these
+   entries are made manually, the HowTo discusses ways of creating them
+   automatically.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+"The machine account for this computer either does not exist or is not
+accessable."
+
+   When I try to join the domain I get the message "The machine account
+   for this computer either does not exist or is not accessable". Whats
+   wrong ?
+   
+   This problem is caused by the PDC not having a suitable machine
+   account. If you are using the add user script = method to create
+   accounts then this would indicate that it has not worked. Ensure the
+   domain admin user system is working.
+   
+   Alternatively if you are creating account entries manually then they
+   have not been created correctly. Make sure that you have the entry
+   correct for the machine account in smbpasswd file on the Samba PDC. If
+   you added the account using an editor rather than using the smbpasswd
+   utility, make sure that the account name is the machine netbios name
+   with a '$' appended to it ( ie. computer_name$ ). There must be an
+   entry in both /etc/passwd and the smbpasswd file. Some people have
+   reported that inconsistent subnet masks between the Samba server and
+   the NT client have caused this problem. Make sure that these are
+   consistent for both client and server.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+How do I create machine accounts manually ?
+
+   This was the only option until recently, now in version 2.2 better
+   means are available. You might still need to do it manually for a
+   couple of reasons. A machine account consists of two entries (assuming
+   a standard install and /etc/passwd use), one in /etc/passwd and the
+   other in /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd. The /etc/passwd entry
+   will list the machine name with a $ appended, won't have a passwd,
+   will have a null shell and no home directory. For example a machine
+   called 'doppy' would have an /etc/passwd entry like this :
+   
+   doppy$:x:505:501:NTMachine:/dev/null:/bin/false
+   
+   On a linux system for example, you would typically add it like this :
+   
+   adduser -g machines -c NTMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false -n doppy$
+   
+   Then you need to add that entry to smbpasswd, assuming you have a
+   suitable path to the smbpasswd programme, do this :
+   
+   smbpasswd -a -m doppy$
+   
+   The entry will be created with a well known password, so any machine
+   that says its doppy could join the domain as long as it gets in first.
+   So don't create the accounts any earlier than you need them.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+I cannot include a '$' in a machine name.
+
+   A 'machine name' in (typically) /etc/passwd consists of the machine
+   name with a '$' appended. FreeBSD (and other BSD systems ?) won't
+   create a user with a '$' in their name.
+   
+   The problem is only in the program used to make the entry, once made,
+   it works perfectly. So create a user without the '$' and use vipw to
+   edit the entry, adding the '$'. Or create the whole entry with vipw if
+   you like, make sure you use a unique uid !
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+I get told "You already have a connection to the Domain...." when creating a
+machine account.
+
+   This happens if you try to create a machine account from the machine
+   itself and use a user name that does not work (for whatever reason)
+   and then try another (possibly valid) user name. Exit out of the
+   network applet to close the initial connection and try again.
+   
+   Further, if the machine is a already a 'member of a workgroup' that is
+   the same name as the domain you are joining (bad idea) you will get
+   this message. Change the workgroup name to something else, it does not
+   matter what, reboot, and try again.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+I get told "Cannot join domain, the credentials supplied conflict with an
+existing set.."
+
+   This is the same basic problem as mentioned above, "You already have a
+   connection..."
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+"The system can not log you on (C000019B)...."
+
+   I joined the domain successfully but after upgrading to a newer
+   version of the Samba code I get the message, "The system can not log
+   you on (C000019B), Please try a gain or consult your system
+   administrator" when attempting to logon.
+   
+   This occurs when the domain SID stored in private/WORKGROUP.SID is
+   changed. For example, you remove the file and smbd automatically
+   creates a new one. Or you are swapping back and forth between versions
+   2.0.7, TNG and the HEAD branch code (not recommended). The only way to
+   correct the problem is to restore the original domain SID or remove
+   the domain client from the domain and rejoin.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 4. User Account Management
+
+Domain Admins
+
+How do I configure an account as a domain administrator?
+
+   See the NTDom HowTo.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Profiles
+
+Why is it bad to set "logon path = \\%N\%U\profile" in smb.conf? ?
+
+   Sometimes Windows clients will maintain a connection to the \\homes\ (
+   or [%U] ) share even after the user has logged out. Consider the
+   following scenario.
+   
+     * user1 logs into the Windows NT machine. Therefore the [homes]
+       share is set to \\server\user1.
+     * user1 works for a while and then logs out.
+     * user2 logs into the same Windows NT machine.
+       
+   However, since the NT box has maintained a connection to [homes] which
+   was previously set to \\server\user1, when the operating system
+   attempts to get the profile and if it can read users1's profile, will
+   get it otherwise it will return an error. You get the picture.
+   
+   A better solution is to use a separate [profiles] share and set the
+   "logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U"
+   
+     Note: Is this still a problem ????
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Why are all the users listed in the "domain admin users" using the same
+profile?
+
+   You are using a very very old development version of Samba. Upgrade.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+The roaming profiles do not seem to be updating on the server.
+
+   There can be several reasons for this.
+   
+   Make sure that the time on the client and the PDC are synchronized.
+   You can accomplish this by executing a net time \\server /set /yes
+   replacing server with the name of your PDC (or another synchronized
+   SMB server). See about Setting Time
+   
+   Make sure that the logon path is writeable by the user and make sure
+   that the connection to the logon path location is by the current user.
+   Sometimes Windows client do not drop the connection immediately upon
+   logoff.
+   
+   Some people have reported that the logon path location should also be
+   browseable. I (GC) have yet to emperically verify this, but you can
+   try.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Policies
+
+What are 'Policies' ?.
+
+   When a user logs onto the domain via a client machine, the PDC sends
+   the client machine a list of things contained in the 'policy' (if it
+   exists). This list may do things like suppress a splach screen, format
+   the dates the way you like them or perhaps remove locally stored
+   profiles.
+   
+   On a samba PDC this list is obtained from a file called ntconfig.pol
+   and located in the [netlogon]share. The file is created with a policy
+   editor and must be readable by anyone and writeable by only root. See
+   below for how to get a suitable editor.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+I can't get system policies to work.
+
+   There are two possible reasons for system policies not functioning
+   correctly. Make sure that you have the following parameters set in
+   smb.conf
+        [netlogon]
+        ....
+        locking = no
+        public = no
+        browseable = yes
+        ....
+
+
+   A policy file must be in the [netlogon] share and must be readable by
+   everyone and writeable by only root. The file must be created by an
+   NTServer Policy Editor.
+   
+   Last time I (drb) looked in the source, it was looking for
+   ntconfig.pol first then several other combinations of upper and lower
+   case. People have reported success using NTconfig.pol, NTconfig.POL
+   and ntconfig.pol. These are the case settings that I (GC) use with the
+   filename ntconfig.pol
+        case sensitive = no
+        case preserve = yes
+        default case = yes
+
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+What about Windows NT Policy Editor ?
+
+   To create or edit ntconfig.pol you must use the NT Server Policy
+   Editor, poledit.exe which is included with NT Server but not NT
+   Workstation. There is a Policy Editor on a NTws but it is not suitable
+   for creating Domain Policies. Further, although the Windows 95 Policy
+   Editor can be installed on an NT Workstation/Server, it will not work
+   with NT policies because the registry key that are set by the policy
+   templates. However, the files from the NT Server will run happily
+   enough on an NTws. You need poledit.exe, common.adm and winnt.adm. It
+   is convenient to put the two *.adm files in c:\winnt\inf which is
+   where the binary will look for them unless told otherwise. Note also
+   that that directory is 'hidden'.
+   
+   The Windows NT policy editor is also included with the Service Pack 3
+   (and later) for Windows NT 4.0. Extract the files using
+   servicepackname /x, ie thats Nt4sp6ai.exe /x for service pack 6a. The
+   policy editor, poledt.exe and the associated template files (*.adm)
+   should be extracted as well. It is also possible to downloaded the
+   policy template files for Office97 and get a copy of the policy
+   editor. Another possible location is with the Zero Administration Kit
+   available for download from Microsoft.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Can Win95 do Policies ?
+
+   Install the group policy handler for Win9x to pick up group policies.
+   Look on the Win98 CD in \tools\reskit\netadmin\poledit. Install group
+   policies on a Win9x client by double-clicking grouppol.inf. Log off
+   and on again a couple of times and see if Win98 picks up group
+   policies. Unfortunately this needs to be done on every Win9x machine
+   that uses group policies....
+   
+   If group policies don't work one reports suggests getting the updated
+   (read: working) grouppol.dll for Windows 9x. The group list is grabbed
+   from /etc/group.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Passwords
+
+What is password sync and should I use it ?
+
+   NTws users can change their domain password by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del
+   and choosing 'Change Password'. By default however, this does not
+   change the unix password (typically in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow). In
+   lots of situations thats OK, for example :
+   
+     * The server is only accessible to the user via samba.
+     * Pam_smb or similar is installed so other applications still refer
+       to the samba password.
+       
+   But sometimes you really do need to maintain two seperate password
+   databases and there are good reasons to keep then in sync. Trying to
+   explain to users that they need to change their passwords in two
+   seperate places or use two seperate passwords is not fun.
+   
+   However do understand that setting up password sync is not without
+   problems either. The chief difficulty is the interface between Samba
+   and the passwd command, it can be a fiddle to set up and if the
+   password the user has entered fails, the resulting errors are
+   ambiguously reported and the user is confused. Further, you need to
+   take steps to ensure that users only ever change their passwords via
+   samba (or use smbpasswd), otherwise they will only be changing the
+   unix password.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+How do I get remote password (unix and SMB) changing working ?
+
+   Have a practice changing a user's password (as root) to see what
+   discussion takes place and change the text in the 'passwd chat' line
+   below as necessary. The line as shown works for recent RH Linux but
+   most other systems seem to like to do something different. The '*' is
+   a wild card and will match anything (or nothing).
+   
+   Add these lines to smb.conf under [Global]
+
+
+                unix password sync = true
+                passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
+                passwd chat = *password* %n\n *password* %n\n *successful*
+        
+   As mentioned above, the change to the unix password happens as root,
+   not as the user, as is indicated in ~/smbd/chgpasswd.c If you are
+   using NIS, the Samba server must be running on the NIS master machine.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 5. Miscellaneous
+
+What editor can I use in DOS/Windows that won't mess with my unix EOF
+
+   There are a number of Windows or DOS based editors that will
+   understand, and leave intact, the unix eof (as opposed to a DOS
+   CL/LF). List members suggested :
+   
+     * UltraEdit at www.ultraedit.com
+     * VI for windows at home.snafu.de/ramo/WinViEn.htm
+     * The author prefers PFE at www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/ but
+       its no longer being developed...
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+How do I get 'User Manager' and 'Server Manager'
+
+   Since I don't need to buy an NT Server CD now, how do I get the 'User
+   Manager for Domains', the 'Server Manager' ?
+   
+   Microsoft distributes a version of these tools called nexus for
+   installation on Windows 95 systems. The tools set includes
+     * Server Manager
+     * User Manager for Domains
+     * Event Viewer
+       
+   Click here to download the archived file
+   ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/NEXUS.EXE
+   
+   The Windows NT 4.0 version of the 'User Manager for Domains' and
+   'Server Manager' are available from Microsoft via ftp from
+   ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/SRVTOOLS.EXE
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+The time setting from a Samba server does not work.
+
+   If it works OK when you log on as Domain Admin then the problem is
+   that ordinary users don't have permission to change the time. (The
+   system is running with their permission at logon time.) This is not a
+   Samba problem, you will have the same problem where ever you connect.
+   You can give 'everyone' permission to change the time from the User
+   Manager.
+   
+   Anyone know what the registry settings are so this could be done with
+   a Policy ?
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+"trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS"
+
+   I keep getting the message "trust account xxx should be in
+   DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS." in the logs. What do I need to do?
+   
+   You are using one of the old development versions. Upgrade. (The
+   message is unimportant, was a reminder to a developer)
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+How do I get my samba server to become a member ( not PDC ) of an NT domain?
+
+   In a domain that has a number of servers you only need one password
+   database. The machines that don't have their own ask the PDC to check
+   for them. This will work fine for a domain controlled by either a
+   Samba or NT machine. The following lines in smb.conf are typical,
+   'password server' points to the samba machine (or an NT) that has the
+   password list :
+
+
+                [global]
+                ...
+                security = domain
+                workgroup = { Put your domain name here }
+                password server = { Put the ip of the PDC here }
+                encrypt passwords = yes
+                ...
+        
+   The samba server in question will have to 'join the domain', that
+   requires the domain controller to have a machine account for it. This
+   is no different to the machine account requirements to allow a NTws to
+   join the domain. For example, if we want a unix box called sleepy to
+   ask the PDC called grumpy to do its authentication then grumpy will
+   need an entry in its smbpasswd (assuming it's also samba) that starts
+   with sleepy$. It would have to be created manually.
+   
+   If the domain is controlled by an NTServer then the "Server Manager
+   for Domains" tool must be used to add 'sleepy' to the domain list.
+   
+   In either case we then join the domain. If the domain is called forest
+   then on sleepy we would join the domain by typing :
+   
+   smbpasswd -j forest
+   
+   Note that the directory where the smbpasswd file would be located
+   should exist as this is where smbd will generate the MACHINE.SID file.
+   This might be /usr/local/samba/private/FOREST.SLEEPY.SID and it
+   contains the trust account password for the domain member. The
+   permissions are (and should remain) "rw-------
+   
+   Note the Samba Servers without the password list will most likely
+   still need an account for each user, this means a line in its
+   /etc/passwd. Because authentication is being handled at the domain
+   level the /etc/passwd line does not need a password. If the shares
+   being offered are not user specific, ie a common (read only ?) area or
+   perhaps just printing then the user's /etc/passwd does not need a home
+   directory. A typical line in /etc/passwd for a server that allows
+   domain users to connect to the samba shares but does not offer a home
+   share ('cos that's on the PDC) and does not allow logon to the unix
+   prompt would be like this :
+jblow:x:542:100:Joe Blow:/dev/null:/bin/false
+
+     * When removing those 'dummy' users, watch the 'remove user'
+       scripts, some OS think they should remove a users directory even
+       when its not owned by the user !
+     * The username map = parameter might help you to avoid having all
+       those accounts created.
+     * You should investigate the smb.conf parameter 'add user script',
+       it will be used to create accounts on secondary servers when that
+       account already exists on the PDC. Very nice. Something like :
+    [Global]
+    ....
+    add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g users -c User -d /dev/null -s /bi
+n/false %U
+    ....
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting
+
+Diagnostic tools
+
+What are some diagnostics tools I can use to debug the domain logon process
+and where can I find them?
+
+   One of the best diagnostic tools for debugging problems is Samba
+   itself. You can use the -d option for both smbd and nmbd to specifiy
+   what 'debug level' at which to run. See the man pages on smbd, nmbd
+   and smb.conf for more information on debugging options. The debug
+   level can range from 1 (the default) to around 100 but a debug level
+   of about 20 will normally help you find any errors that samba is
+   encountering. Another helpful method of debugging is to compile samba
+   using the gcc -g flag. This will include debug information in the
+   binaries and allow you to attch gdb to the running smbd / nmbd
+   process. In order to attach gdb to an smbd process for an NT
+   workstation, first get the workstation to make the connection.
+   Pressing ctrl-alt-delete and going down to the domain box is
+   sufficient (at least, on the first time you join the domain) to
+   generate a 'LsaEnumTrustedDomains'. Thereafter, the workstation
+   maintains an open connection, and therefore there will be an smbd
+   process running (assuming that you haven't set a really short smbd
+   idle timeout) So, in between pressing ctrl alt delete, and actually
+   typing in your password, you can gdb attach and continue.
+   
+   Some usefull samba commands worth investigating:
+     * testparam | more
+     * smbclient -L //{netbios name of server}
+       
+   An SMB enabled version of tcpdump is available from
+   ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/tcpdump-smb/ 
+   
+   Capconvert is a small C program for translating output from
+   tcpdump-smb to CAP format that can be read by netmon. You will need to
+   use the raw output from tcp dump ( ie. tcpdump -w output.dump ). Good
+   news! Now you can convert Solaris' snoop output as well. The C source
+   code for snoop2cap is available for download.
+   
+   For tracing things on the Microsoft Windows NT, Network Monitor (aka.
+   netmon) is available on the Microsoft Developer Network CD's, the
+   Windows NT Server install CD and the SMS CD's. The version of netmon
+   that ships with SMS allows for dumping packets between any two
+   computers (ie. placing the network interface in promiscuous mode). The
+   version on the NT Server install CD will only allow monitoring of
+   network traffic directed to the local NT box and broadcasts on the
+   local subnet.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+How do I install 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or a Windows 9x box?
+
+   Installing netmon on an NT workstation requires a couple of steps. The
+   following are for installing Netmon V4.00.349, which comes with
+   Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, on Microsoft Windows NT Workstation
+   4.0. The process should be similar for other version of Windows NT /
+   Netmon. You will need both the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Install
+   CD and the Workstation 4.0 Install CD.
+   
+   Initially you will need to install 'Network Monitor Tools and Agent'
+   on the NT Server. To do this
+   
+     * Goto Start - Settings - Control Panel - Network - Services - Add
+     * Select the 'Network Monitor Tools and Agent' and click on 'OK'.
+     * Click 'OK' on the Network Control Panel.
+     * Insert the Windows NT Server 4.0 install CD when prompted.
+       
+   At this point the Netmon files should exist in
+   %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\netmon\*.*. Two subdirectories exist as well,
+   parsers\ which contains the necessary DLL's for parsing the netmon
+   packet dump, and captures\.
+   
+   In order to install the Netmon tools on an NT Workstation, you will
+   first need to install the 'Network Monitor Agent' from the Workstation
+   install CD.
+   
+     * Goto Start - Settings - Control Panel - Network - Services - Add
+     * Select the 'Network Monitor Agent' and click on 'OK'.
+     * Click 'OK' on the Network Control Panel.
+     * Insert the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 install CD when prompted.
+       
+   Now copy the files from the NT Server in
+   %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\netmon\*.* to %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\netmon\*.*
+   on the Workstation and set permissions as you deem appropriate for
+   your site. You will need administrative rights on the NT box to run
+   netmon.
+   
+   To install Netmon on a Windows 9x box install the network monitor
+   agent from the Windows 9x CD (\admin\nettools\netmon). There is a
+   readme file located with the netmon driver files on the CD if you need
+   information on how to do this. Copy the files from a working Netmon
+   installation.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+What other help can I get ?
+
+   There are many sources of information available in the form of mailing
+   lists, RFC's and documentation. The docs that come with the samba
+   distribution contain very good explanations of general SMB topics such
+   as browsing.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+URLs and similar
+
+     * Home of Samba site http://samba.org. We have a mirror near you !
+     * The Development document on the Samba mirrors might mention your
+       problem. If so, it might mean that the developers are working on
+       it.
+     * Ignacio Coupeau has a very comprehesive look at LDAP with Samba at
+       http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb-howto.html Be a little carefull
+       however, I suspect that it does not specificly address samba
+       2.2.x. The HEAD pre-2.1 may possibly be the best stream to look
+       at.
+     * Lars Kneschke's site covers Samba-TNG at
+       http://www.kneschke.de/projekte/samba_tng, but again, a lot of it
+       does not apply to the main stream Samba.
+     * Although 2.0.7 has almost had its day as a PDC, I (drb) will keep
+       the 2.0.7 PDC pages at http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba going
+       for a while yet.
+     * Misc links to CIFS information http://samba.org/cifs/
+     * NT Domains for Unix http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl/ntdom/
+     * FTP site for older SMB specs:
+       ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/
+       
+   There are a number of documents that no longer appear to live at their
+   origional home. Any one know where the following may be found ?
+     * CIFS/E Browser Protocol draft-leach-cifs-browser-spec-00.txt
+     * CIFS Remote Administration Protocol
+       draft-leach-cifs-rap-spec-00.txt
+     * CIFS Logon and Pass Through Authentication
+       draft-leach-cifs-logon-spec-00.txt
+     * A Common Internet File System (CIFS/1.0) Protocol
+       draft-leach-cifs-v1-spec-01.txt
+     * CIFS Printing Specification draft-leach-cifs-print-spec-00.txt
+     * RFC1001 (March '87) Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a
+       TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods.
+       http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1001.txt
+     * RFC1002 (March '87) Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a
+       TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications.
+       http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1002.txt
+     * Microsoft's main CIFS page:
+       http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/cifs/
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+How do I get help from the mailing lists ?
+
+   There are a number of Samba related mailing lists. Go to
+   http://samba.org, click on your nearest mirror and then click on
+   Support and then click on Samba related mailing lists.
+   
+   For questions relating to Samba TNG go to http://www.samba-tng.org/ It
+   has been requested that you don't post questions about Samba-TNG to
+   the main stream Samba lists.
+   
+   If you post a message to one of the lists please observe the following
+   guide lines :
+     * Always remember that the developers are volunteers, they are not
+       paid and they never guarantee to produce a particular feature at a
+       particular time. Any time lines are 'best guess' and nothing more.
+     * Always mention what version of samba you are using and what
+       operating system its running under. You should probably list the
+       relevant sections of your smb.conf file, at least the options in
+       [global] that affect PDC support.
+     * In addition to the version, if you obtained Samba via CVS mention
+       the date when you last checked it out.
+     * Try and make your question clear and brief, lots of long,
+       convoluted questions get deleted before they are completely read !
+       Don't post html encoded messages (if you can select colour or font
+       size its html).
+     * If you run one of those niffy 'I'm on holidays' things when you
+       are away, make sure its configured to not answer mailing lists.
+     * Don't cross post. Work out which is the best list to post to and
+       see what happens, ie don't post to both samba-ntdom and
+       samba-technical. Many people active on the lists subscribe to more
+       than one list and get annoyed to see the same message two or more
+       times. Often someone will see a message and thinking it would be
+       better dealt with on another, will forward it on for you.
+     * You might include partial log files written at a debug level set
+       to as much as 20. Please don't send the entire log but enough to
+       give the context of the error messages.
+     * (Possibly) If you have a complete netmon trace ( from the opening
+       of the pipe to the error ) you can send the *.CAP file as well.
+     * Please think carefully before attaching a document to an email.
+       Consider pasting the relevant parts into the body of the message.
+       The samba mailing lists go to a huge number of people, do they all
+       need a copy of your smb.conf in their attach directory ?
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+How do I get off the mailing lists ?
+
+   To have your name removed from a samba mailing list, go to the same
+   place you went to to get on it. Go to http://samba.org, click on your
+   nearest mirror and then click on Support and then click on Samba
+   related mailing lists. Or perhaps see here
+   
+   Please don't post messages to the list asking to be removed, you will
+   just be refered to the above address (unless that process failed in
+   some way...)
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+The Samba 2.2 PDC HowTo
+
+David Bannon
+
+   La Trobe University
+     _________________________________________________________________
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+   Comments, corrections and additions to <D.Bannon@latrobe.edu.au>
+   
+   This document explains how to setup Samba as a Primary Domain
+   Controller and applies to version 2.2.0. Before using these functions
+   make sure you understand what the controller can and cannot do. Please
+   read the sections below in the Introduction. As 2.2.0 is incrementally
+   updated this document will change or become out of date very quickly,
+   make sure you are reading the most current version.
+   
+   Please note this document does not apply to Samba2.2alpha0,
+   Samba2.2alpha1, Samba 2.0.7, TNG nor HEAD branch.
+   
+   It does apply to the current (post November 27th) cvs.
+   
+   Also available is an updated version of Jerry Carter's NTDom FAQ that
+   will answer lots of the special 'tuning' questions that are not
+   covered here. Over the next couple of weeks some of the items here
+   will be moved to the FAQ.
+   
+   Table of Contents
+   1. Introduction
+          
+        What can we do ?
+        What can't we do ?
+                
+   2. Installing
+          
+        Start Up Script
+        Config File
+                
+              A sample conf file
+              PDC Config Parameters
+                      
+        Special directories
+                
+   3. User and Machine Accounts
+          
+        Logon Accounts
+        Machine Accounts
+        Joining the Domain
+        User Accounts
+        Domain Admin Accounts
+                
+   4. Profiles, Policies and Logon Scripts
+          
+        Profiles
+        Policies
+        Logon Scripts
+                
+   5. Passwords and Authentication
+          
+              Syncing Passwords
+              Using PAM
+              Authenticating other Samba Servers
+                      
+   6. Background
+          
+              History
+              The Future
+              Getting further help
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 1. Introduction
+
+   This document will show you one way of making Version 2.2.0 of Samba
+   perform some of the tasks of a NT Primary Domain Controller. The
+   facilities described are built into Samba as a result of development
+   work done over a number of years by a large number of people. These
+   facilities are only just beginning to be officially supported and
+   although they do appear to work reliably, if you use them then you
+   take the risks upon your self. This document does not cover the
+   developmental versions of Samba, particularly Samba-TNG
+   
+   Note that Samba 2.0.7 supports significently less of the NT Domain
+   facilities compared with 2.2.0
+   
+   This document does not replace the text files DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt,
+   DOMAIN.txt (by John H Terpstra) or NTDOMAIN.txt (by Luke Kenneth
+   Casson Leighton). Those documents provide more detail and an insight
+   to the development cycle and should be considered 'further reading'.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+What can we do ?
+
+     * Permit 'domain logons' for Win95/98, NT4 and W2K workstations from
+       one central password database. WRT W2K, please see the section
+       about adding machine accounts and the Intro in the FAQ.
+     * Grant Administrator privileges to particular domain users on an NT
+       or W2K workstation.
+     * Apply policies from a domain policy file to NT and W2K (?)
+       workstation.
+     * Run the appropriate logon script when a user logs on to the domain
+       .
+     * Maintain a user's local profile on the server.
+     * Validate a user using another system via smb (such as smb_pam) and
+       soon winbind (?).
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+What can't we do ?
+
+     * Become or work with a Backup Domain Controller (a BDC).
+     * Participate in any sort of trust relationship (with either Samba
+       or NT Servers).
+     * Offer a list of domain users to User Manager for Domains on the
+       Security Tab etc).
+     * Be a W2K type of Domain Controller. Samba PDC will behave like an
+       NT PDC, W2K workstations connect in legacy mode.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 2. Installing
+
+   Installing consists of the usual download, configure, make and make
+   install process. These steps are well documented elsewhere. The FAQ
+   discusses getting pre-release versions via CVS. Then you need to
+   configure the server.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Start Up Script
+
+   Skip this section if you have a working Samba already. Everyone has
+   their own favourite startup script. Here is mine, offered with no
+   warrantee at all !
+
+
+        #!/bin/sh
+        # Script to control Samba server, David Bannon, 14-6-96
+        #
+        #
+        PATH=/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+        export PATH
+        case "$1" in
+        'start')
+                if [ -f /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd ]
+                then
+                        /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D
+                        /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D
+                        echo "Starting Samba Server"
+                fi
+                ;;
+        'conf')
+                if [ -f /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf ]
+                then
+                        vi /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
+                fi
+                ;;
+        'pw')
+                if [ -f /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd ]
+                then
+                        vi /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+                fi
+                ;;
+        'who')
+                /usr/local/samba/bin/smbstatus -b
+                ;;
+        'restart')
+                psline=`/bin/ps  x | grep smbd | grep -v grep`
+
+                if [ "$psline" != "" ]
+                then
+                        while [ "$psline" != "" ]
+                        do
+                                psline=`/bin/ps x | fgrep smbd | grep -v grep`
+                                if [ "$psline" ]
+                                then
+                                        set -- $psline
+                                        pid=$1
+                                        /bin/kill -HUP $pid
+                                        echo "Stopped $pid line = $psline"
+                                        sleep 2
+                                fi
+                        done
+                fi
+                echo "Stopped Samba servers"
+                ;;
+        'stop')
+                psline=`/bin/ps  x | grep smbd | grep -v grep`
+
+                if [ "$psline" != "" ]
+                then
+                        while [ "$psline" != "" ]
+                        do
+                                psline=`/bin/ps x | fgrep smbd | grep -v grep`
+                                if [ "$psline" ]
+                                then
+                                        set -- $psline
+                                        pid=$1
+                                        /bin/kill -9 $pid
+                                        echo "Stopped $pid line = $psline"
+                                        sleep 2
+                                fi
+                        done
+                fi
+                echo "Stopped Samba servers"
+                psline=`/bin/ps x | grep nmbd | grep -v grep`
+                if [ "$psline" ]
+                then
+                        set -- $psline
+                        pid=$1
+                        /bin/kill -9 $pid
+                        echo "Stopped Name Server "
+                fi
+                echo "Stopped Name Servers"
+                ;;
+        *)
+                echo "usage: samba {start | restart |stop | conf | pw | who}"
+                ;;
+        esac
+
+
+   Use this script, or some other one, you will need to ensure its used
+   while the machine is booting. (This typically involves /etc/rc.d,
+   we'll be assuming that there is a script called samba in
+   /etc/rc.d/init.d further down in this document.)
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Config File
+
+A sample conf file
+
+   Here is a fairly minimal config file to do PDC. It will also make the
+   server become the browse master for the specified domain (not
+   necessary but usually desirable). You will need to change only two
+   parameters to make this file work, wins server and workgroup, plus you
+   will need to put your own name (not mine!) in the domain admin users
+   fields. Some of the parameters are discussed further down this
+   document.
+   
+   Assuming you have used the default install directories, this file
+   should appear as /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf. It should not be
+   writable by anyone except root.
+   
+     Note: The 'add user script' parameter is a work-around, watch for
+     changes !
+     
+
+
+        [global]
+        security = user
+        status = yes
+        workgroup = { Your domain name here }
+        wins server = { ip of a wins server if you have one }
+        encrypt passwords = yes
+        domain logons =yes
+        logon script = scripts\%U.bat
+        domain admin users = root dbannon andrew
+        add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g machines -c Machine -d /dev/n
+ull -s /bin/false %m$
+        guest account = ftp
+        share modes=no
+        os level=65
+        [homes]
+        guest ok = no
+        read only = no
+        create mask = 0700
+        directory mask = 0700
+        oplocks = false
+        locking = no
+        [netlogon]
+        path = /usr/local/samba/netlogon
+        writeable = no
+        guest ok = no
+
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+PDC Config Parameters
+
+   There are a huge range of parameters that may appear in a smb.conf
+   file. Some that may be of interest to a PDC are :
+   
+   add user script
+          This parameter specifies a script (or program) that will be run
+          to add a user to the system. Here it is being used to add a
+          machine, not a user. This is probably not very nice and may
+          change. But it does work !
+          
+          For this example, I have a group called 'machines', entries can
+          be added to /etc/passwd using a programme called /usr/adduser
+          and the other parameters are chosen as suitable for a machine
+          account. Works for RH Linux, your system may require changes.
+          
+   domain admin users = user1 users2
+          This parameter specifies a unix user who will be granted admin
+          privileges on a NT workstation when logged onto that
+          workstation. See the section called Domain Admin Accounts.
+          
+   encrypt passwords = yes
+          This parameter must be 'yes' to allow any of the recent service
+          pack NTs to logon. There are some reg hacks that turn off
+          encrypted passwords on the NTws itself but if you are going to
+          use the smbpasswd system (and you should) you must use
+          encrypted passwords.
+          
+   logon script = scripts\%U.bat
+          This will make samba look for a logon script named after the
+          user (eg joeblow.bat). See the section further on called Logon
+          Scripts
+          
+     Note: Note that the slash is like this '\', not like this '/'. NT
+     is happy with both, win95 is not !
+     
+   logon path
+          Lets you specify where you would like users profiles kept. The
+          default, that is in the users home directory, does encourage a
+          bit of fiddling.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Special directories
+
+   You need to create a couple of special files and directories. Its nice
+   to have some of the binaries handy too, so I create links to them.
+   Assuming you have used the default samba location and have not changed
+   the locations mentioned in the sample config file, do the following :
+
+
+        mkdir /usr/local/samba/netlogon
+        mkdir /usr/local/samba/netlogon/scripts
+        mkdir /usr/local/samba/private
+        touch /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+        chmod go-rwx /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+        cd /usr/local/sbin
+        ln -s /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd
+        ln -s /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient
+        ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/samba
+
+   Make sure permissions are appropriate !
+   
+   OK, if you have used the scripts above and have a path to where the
+   links are do this to start up the Samba Server :
+   
+   samba start
+   
+   Instead, you might like to reboot the machine to make sure that you
+   got the init stuff right. Any way, a quick look in the logs
+   /usr/local/samba/var/log.smbd and /usr/local/samba/var/log/nmbd will
+   give you an idea of what's happening. Assuming all is well, lets
+   create some accounts...
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 3. User and Machine Accounts
+
+Logon Accounts
+
+   This section is very nearly out of date already ! It appears that
+   while you are reading it, Jean Francois Micou is making it redundant !
+   Jean Francois is adding facilities to add users (via User Manager) and
+   machines (when joining the domain) and it looks like these facilities
+   will make it into the official release of 2.2.
+   
+   Every user and NTws (and other samba servers) that will be on the
+   domain must have its own passwd entry in both /etc/passwd and
+   /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd . The /etc/passwd entry is really
+   only to reserve a user ID. The NT encrypted password is stored in
+   /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd. (Note that win95/98 machines don't
+   need an account as they don't do any security aware things.)
+   
+   Samba 2.2 will now create these entries for us. Carefull set up is
+   required and there may well be some changes to this system before its
+   released.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Machine Accounts
+
+     Note: There is an entry in the ntdom FAQ explaining how to create
+     machine entries manually.
+     
+   At present to have the machine accounts created when a machine joins
+   the domain a number of conditions must be met :
+   
+   Only root can do it !
+          There must be an entry in /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+          for root and root must be mentioned in domain admins. This may
+          be fixed some time in the future so any 'domain admin' can do
+          it. If you don't like having root as a windows logon account,
+          make the machine entries manually (both of them).
+          
+   Use the add user script
+          Again, this looks a bit like a 'work around'. Use a suitable
+          command line to add a machine account see above, and pass it
+          %m$, that is %m to get machine name plus the '$'. Now, this
+          means you cannot use the add user script to really add users
+          ....
+          
+   Only for W2K
+          This automatic creation of machine accounts does not work for
+          NT4ws at present. Watch this space.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Joining the Domain
+
+   You must have either added the machine account entries manually (NT4
+   ws) or set up the automatic system (W2K), see Machine Accounts before
+   proceeding.
+   
+   Windows NT
+          
+          + (this step may not be necessary some time in the near
+            future). On the samba server that is the PDC, add a machine
+            account manually as per the instructions in the FAQ Then give
+            the command smbpasswd -a -m {machine} substituting in the
+            client machine name.
+          + Logon to the NTws in question as a local admin, go to the
+            Control Panel, Network IdentificationTag.
+          + Press the Change button.
+          + Enter the Domain name (from the 'Workgroup' parameter,
+            smb.conf) in the Domain Field.
+          + Press OK and after a few seconds you will get a 'Welcome to
+            Whatever Domain'. Allow to reboot.
+            
+   Windows 2000
+          
+          + Logon to the W2k machine as Administrator, go to the Control
+            Panel and double click on Network and Dialup Connections.
+          + Pull down the Advanced menu and choose Network
+            Identification. Press Properties .
+          + Choose Domain and enter the domain name. Press 'OK'.
+          + Now enter a user name and password for a Domain Admin (Who
+            must be root until a pre-release bug is fixed) and press
+            'OK'.
+          + Wait for the confirmation, reboot when prompted.
+            
+          To remove a W2K machine from the domain, follow the first two
+          steps then choose Workgroup, enter a work group name (or just
+          WORKGROUP) and follow the prompts.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+User Accounts
+
+   Again, doing it manually (cos' the auto way is not working
+   pre-release). In our simple case every domain user should have an
+   account on the PDC. The account may have a null shell if they are not
+   allowed to log on to the unix prompt. Again they need an entry in both
+   the /etc/passwd and /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd. Again a
+   password is not necessary in /etc/passwd but the location of the home
+   directory is honoured. To make an entry for a user called Joe Blow you
+   would typically do the following :
+   
+   adduser -g users -c 'Joe Blow' -s /bin/false -n joeblow
+   
+   smbpasswd -a joeblow
+   
+   And you will prompted to enter a password for Joe. Ideally he will be
+   hovering over your shoulder and will, when asked, type in a password
+   of his choice. There are a number of scripts and systems to ease the
+   migration of users from somewhere to samba. Better start looking !
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Domain Admin Accounts
+
+   Certain operations demand that the logged on user has Administrator
+   privileges, typically installing software and doing maintenance tasks.
+   It is very simple to appoint some users as Domain Admins, most likely
+   yourself. Make sure you trust the appointee !
+   
+   Samba 2.2 recognizes particular users as being domain admins and tells
+   the NTws when it thinks that it has got one logged on. In the smb.conf
+   file we declare that the Domain Admin users = user1 user2. Any user
+   mentioned here will be treated as a Domain Admin by a NTws when logged
+   onto the Domain. They will have full Administrator rights including
+   the rights to change permissions on files and run the system utilities
+   such as Disk Administrator.
+   
+   Further, and this is very new, they will be allowed to create a new
+   machine account when first connecting a new NT or W2K machine to the
+   domain. At present, ie pre-release, only a Domain Admin who also
+   happens to be root can do so. 
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 4. Profiles, Policies and Logon Scripts
+
+Profiles
+
+   NT Profiles should work if you have followed the setup so far. A
+   user's profile contains a whole lot of their personal settings, the
+   contents of their desktop, personal 'My Documents' and so on. When
+   they log off, all of the profile is copied to their directory on the
+   server and is downloaded again when they logon on again, possibly on
+   another client machine.
+   
+   Sounds great but can be a bit of a bug bear sometimes. Users let their
+   profiles get too big and then complain about how long it takes to log
+   on each time. This sample setup only supports NT profiles, rumor has
+   it that it is also possible to do the same on Win95, my users don't
+   know and I'm not telling them.
+   
+     Note: There is more info about Profiles (including for W95/98) in
+     the FAQ.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Policies
+
+   Policies are an easy way to make or enforce specific characteristics
+   across your network. You create a ntconfig.pol file and every time
+   someone logs on with their NTws, the settings you put in ntconfig.pol
+   are applied to the NTws. Typical setting are things like making the
+   date appear the way you want it (none of these 2 figure years here) or
+   maybe suppressing one of the splash screens. Perhaps you want to set
+   the NTws so it does not keep users profiles on the local machine.
+   Cool. The only problem is making the ntconfig.pol file itself. You
+   cannot use the policy editor that comes with NTws.
+   
+     Note: See the FAQ for pointers on how to get a suitable Policy
+     Editor.
+     
+   The Policy Editor (and associated files) will create a ntconfig.pol
+   file using the parameters Microsoft thought of and parameters you
+   specify by making your own template file.
+   
+   In our example configuration here, Samba will expect to find the
+   ntconfig.pol file in /usr/local/samba/netlogon. Needless to say (I
+   hope !), it is vitally important that ordinary users don't have write
+   permission to the Policy files.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Logon Scripts
+
+   In the sample config file above there is a line logon script =
+   scripts\%U.bat
+   
+     Note: Note that the slash is like this '\' not like this '/'. NT is
+     happy with both, win95 is not !
+     
+   This allows you to run a dos batch file every time someone logs on.
+   The batch file is located on the server, in the sample install
+   mentioned here, its in /usr/local/samba/netlogon/scripts and is named
+   after the user with .bat appended, eg Joe Blow's script is called
+   /usr/local/samba/netlogon/scripts/joeblow.bat.
+   
+     Note: There is a suggestion that user names longer than 8
+     characters may cause problems with some systems being unable to run
+     logon scripts. This is confirmed in earlier versions when
+     connecting using W95, comments about other combinations ??
+     
+   You could use a line like this logon script = default.bat and samba
+   will supply /usr/local/samba/netlogon/default.bat for any client and
+   every user. Maybe you could use %m and get a client machine dependant
+   logon script. You get the idea...
+   
+   Note that the file is a dos batch file not a Unix script. It runs dos
+   commands on the client computer with the logon user's permissions. It
+   must be a dos file with each line ending with the dos cr/lf not a nice
+   clean newline. Generally, its best to create the initial file on a DOS
+   system and copy it across.
+   
+   There is lots of very clever uses of the Samba replaceable variables
+   such ( %U = user, %G = primary group, %H = client machine, see the
+   'man 5 smb.conf') to give you control over which script runs when a
+   particular person logs on. (Gee, it would be nice to have a
+   default.bat run when nothing else is available.)
+   
+   Again, it is vitally important that ordinary users don't have write
+   permission to other peoples, or even probably their own, logon script
+   files.
+   
+   A typical logon script is reproduced below. Note that it runs separate
+   commands for win95 and NT, that's because NT has slightly different
+   behaviour when using the net use .. command. Its useful for lots of
+   other situations too. I don't know what syntax to use for win98, I
+   don't use it here.
+
+
+                rem Default logon script, create links to this file.
+
+                net time \\bioserve /set /yes
+                @echo off
+                if %OS%.==Windows_NT. goto WinNT
+
+                :Win95
+                net use k: \\trillion\bio_prog
+                net use p: \\bcfile\homes
+                goto end
+                :WinNT
+                net use k: \\trillion\bio_prog /persistent:no
+                net use p: \\bcfile\homes /persistent:no
+
+                :end
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 5. Passwords and Authentication
+
+   So far our configuration assumes that ordinary users don't have unix
+   logon access. A change to the adduser line above would allow unix
+   logon but it would be with passwords that may be different from the NT
+   logon. Clearly that won't suit everyone. Trying to explain to users
+   that they need to change their passwords in two seperate places is not
+   fun. Further, even if they cannot do a unix logon there are other
+   processes that might require authentication. We have a nice securely
+   encrypted password in /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd, why not use
+   it ?
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Syncing Passwords
+
+   Yes, its possible and seems the easiest way (initially anyway). The
+   FAQ details how to do so in the sections What is password sync and
+   should I use it ? and How do I get remote password (unix and SMB)
+   changing working ?
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Using PAM
+
+   Pam enabled systems have a much better solution available. The Samba
+   PDC server will offer to authenticate domain users to other processes
+   (either on this server or on the domain). With a suitable pam stack
+   such as Pam_smb you can get any pam aware application looking to the
+   samba password and can leave the password field in /etc/shadow or
+   /etc/passwd invalid.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Authenticating other Samba Servers
+
+   In a domain that has a number of servers you only need one password
+   database. The machines that don't have their own ask the PDC to check
+   for them. This will work fine for a domain controlled by either a
+   Samba or NT machine.
+   
+   To do so the Samba machine must be told to refer to the PDC and where
+   the PDC is. See the section in the NTDom FAQ called How do I get my
+   samba server to become a member ( not PDC ) of an NT domain?
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Chapter 6. Background
+
+History
+
+   It might help you understand the limitations of the PDC in Samba if
+   you read something of its history. Well, the history as I understand
+   it anyway.
+   
+   For many years the Samba team have been developing Samba, some time
+   ago a number of people, possibly lead by Luke Leighton started
+   contributing NT PDC stuff. This was added to the 'head' stream (that
+   would eventually become the next version) and later to a seperate
+   stream (NTDom). They did so much that eventually this development
+   stream was so mutated that it could not be merged back into the main
+   stream and was abandoned towards the end of 1999. And that was very
+   sad because many users, myself include had become heavily dependant on
+   the NTController facilities it offered. Oh well...
+   
+   The NTDom team continued on with their new found knowledge however and
+   built the TNG stream. Intended to be carefully controlled so that it
+   can be merged back into the main stream and benefiting from what they
+   learnt, it is a very different product to the origional NTDom product.
+   However, for a number of reasons, the merge did not take place and now
+   TNG is being developed at http://www.samba-tng.org.
+   
+   Now, the NTDom things that the main strean 2.0.x version does is based
+   more on the old (initial version) abandoned code than on the TNG
+   ideas. It appears that version 2.2.0 will also include an improved
+   version of the 2.0.7 domain controller charactistics, not the TNG
+   ways. The developers have indicated that 2.2.0 will be further
+   developed incrementally and the ideas from TNG incorporated into it.
+   
+   One more little wriggle is worth mentioning. At one stage the NTDom
+   stream was called Samba 2.1.0-prealpha and similar names. This is most
+   unfortunate because at least one book published advises people who
+   want to use NTDom Samba to get version 2.1.0 or later. As main stream
+   Samba will soon be called 2.2.0 and NOT officially supporting NTDom
+   Controlling functions, the potential for confusion is certainly there.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+The Future
+
+   There is a document on the Samba mirrors called 'Development' . It
+   offers the 'best guess' of what is planned for future releases of
+   Samba.
+   
+   The future of Samba as a Primary Domain Controller appears rosie,
+   however be aware that its the future, not the present. The developers
+   are strongly committed to building a full featured PDC into Samba but
+   it will take time. If this version does not meet your requirements
+   then you should consider (in no particular order) :
+   
+     * Wait. No, we don't know how long. Repeated asking won't help.
+     * Investigate the development versions, TNG perhaps or HEAD where
+       new code is being added all the time. Realise that development
+       code is often unstable, poorly documented and subject to change.
+       You will need to use cvs to download development versions.
+     * Join one of the Samba mailing lists so that you can find out what
+       is happening on the 'bleeding edge'.
+     _________________________________________________________________
+   
+Getting further help
+
+   This document cannot possibly answer all your questions. Please
+   understand that its very likely that someone has been confrounted by
+   the same problem that you have. The FAQ discusses a number of possible
+   paths to take to get further help :
+   
+     * Documents on the Samba Sites.
+     * Other web sites.
+     * Mailing list.
+       
+   There is some discussion about guide lines for using the Mailing Lists
+   on the accompanying FAQ, please read them before posting.